“There are those individual actions that we can take. But if I can work with my community or work inside of my company, or if I can work inside of my house of worship and we can build some community and some action that way, it will have a much bigger impact than anything that… Continue reading Make A Difference Where You Are – Laur Hesse Fisher, MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative
“(Climate modelling)…it’s being used in things like insurance companies. It’s being used by companies for their ESG assessments. So, when you get your insurance premium at the end of the year, there is some kind of climate model that has said something about the risk of your house to flood. It has said something about… Continue reading Climate Modeling, Weather & Money – Maria Caffrey, Principal Scientist, UK’s National Physical Laboratory
“The first one is own it…Your career…I’m constantly, even today having meetings with people that I don’t know, requesting mentorship, reaching out through LinkedIn, going to events. I try to stay very connected and not just people in my close industry or even work type …Every single person you meet is a connection and could… Continue reading Get Out of Your Comfort Zone – Career Advice From 5 Women At The Top Of Their Game
“The climate crisis has roots in fossil fuels, but at the same time, fossil fuels fund this Russian inversion to Ukraine. So it means this is a fossil fuel war. If we will actually fight against our overall actually dependency on fossil fuels in the same way we will fight against climate change.” Svitlana Krakovska,… Continue reading Climate Is A Security Emergency – From A Top Climate Scientist & A Geopolitical Expert, From The Earth Day Women’s Summit®
“We’re seeing hurricanes, four of the 10 most damaging hurricanes in the United States happened in the last 10 years. Recovery and rebuild continues in many cases. Last year we had the world’s most expensive wildfire on record in Los Angeles. These are market failures. Why are these things happening? Something is misaligned. Is it… Continue reading Innovative Climate Finance – Kanika Singh, Milken Institute, Director of Catalytic Capital
“What are the stories that people can participate in and see themselves in? I think that’s one of the keys that we can unlock when it comes to the whole climate narrative is telling stories that build the scaffolding blocks to a larger narrative that people want to be a part of, and we need… Continue reading How Stories Can Shift Culture – Melissa Jun Rowley, Author of “Beyond The Mic Drop: How Stories Can Shift Culture, Power & Policy”
“If you don’t tell your stories, then no one will ever know, …Basically I just said, I think we should tell the positive stories and we should do it through the people…Let’s actually just go and meet the people at all levels from the people that are involved in the projects and organizing them. Also… Continue reading People Leveraging Carbon Markets To Keep Their Land – Stacey Solie, Coproducer of the Documentary “From The Ground Up”
“Try as best as you can not to be fear-driven. I think we are so driven by fear that we’re never going to be enough, that we aren’t going to contribute enough….(Y)ou actually are enough just as you are, right? Take this day, do what you can. Impact the people around you.…Become partners in your… Continue reading Earth Day Career Advice From 6 Extraordinary Women Leaders
“If there are people who are willing to talk to you about it, the first thing you got to do is listen….I grew up in a very rural area and it’s very conservative also. And when I go home, I don’t talk about climate change. I do talk about what’s going on with hunting season.… Continue reading How To Talk “Climate” To Keep People Safe – Allison Agsten, USC Center for Climate Journalism & Communications
“Healthcare Without Harm is more of an advocacy organization that works with clinicians and other healthcare workers to reduce the environmental impact of healthcare and pollution as well as climate impacts. And then Practice Greenhealth advises hospitals on how to get there and they do this awards process…(which is) about having people aware of all… Continue reading “Healthcare Without Harm” to People & Planet – Dr. Katherine Gergen-Barnett & Dr. Anna Goldman, Boston Medical Center
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